Dr. Salsa wrote:
From that argument stems my belief in the collegiate system which is why i critisize him leaving Michigan...Again I think if he ran BIG and ran it with the intent to finish 2nd and not worry what Bekele does he would have had a better experience and may have made some of the people on here happier with a faster time. My main argument is we need to focus on winning races and not necessarily running against the clock.
Intent to finish 2nd? You said it is all about winning?
How can they BOTH be right?
This kind of attitude is what I hate about pro sports fans, they all second guess everything the players do and everything the coaches do and then when their armchair quarterbacking turns out to be right they jump all over the teams. I wish I didn't have to hate running fans so much.
I have no idea why Webb chose to run the meet he did, but it makes just as much sense to me as not racing at all. I am sure he (who has won state, National, BIG 10, and Olympic Trials Championships) knows better than I do what will work for him. That is the part you need to learn. He is a better runner than you are and he definitely knows more abou twhat it takes to be world-class than you do. Know this.
Hell, what did he do wrong exactly? He ran a 3k and lost by a hair to one of the fastest white 3k/5k men EVER. One who is WAY AHEAD of him in experience.
Stop being a little cunt and telling everyone how you could likely be Webb better than he is doing himself.